certify

English

Etymology

From Old French certefier (“confirm, assure, make certain”). Compare French certifier.

Verb

certify (third-person singular simple present certifies, present participle certifying, simple past and past participle certified)

1. (transitive) to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard

Synonyms

• (to attest as to): attest, witness, vouch for, approve, confirm

Derived terms

terms derived from certify (verb)

• certifiable

• decertify

Related terms

terms related to certify (verb)

• certification

Translations

to attest as to

• Bulgarian: удостоверявам (bg) (udostoverjavam), свидетелствам (svidetelstvam), потвърждавам (bg) (potvǎrždavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 證明 (zh), 证明 (zh) (zhèngmíng)

• Esperanto: certigi
• Finnish: todistaa (fi)
• French: certifier (fr)
• German: zertifizieren (de)
• Greek: πιστοποιώ (el) (pistopoió)
• Hebrew: וידא‎‎ (vidé)
• Ido: certigar (io)

• Italian: certificare (it)
• Japanese: 認証する (ja) (にんしょうする, ninshō suru)
• Manx: shickyree
• Maori: tiwhikete
• Portuguese: certificar (pt)
• Romanian: certifica (ro)
• Russian: удостоверя́ть (ru) impf (udostoverjátʹ), удостове́рить (ru) pf (udostovéritʹ), заверя́ть (ru) impf (zaverjátʹ), заве́рить (ru) pf (zavéritʹ), подтвержда́ть (ru) impf (podtverždátʹ), подтверди́ть (ru) pf (podtverdítʹ), свиде́тельствовать (ru) impf (svidételʹstvovatʹ), освиде́тельствовать (ru) pf (osvidételʹstvovatʹ), засвиде́тельствовать (ru) pf (zasvidételʹstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: certificar (es)
• Telugu: ధ్రువీకరించు (te) (dhruvīkariñcu)

Anagrams

• rectify